{"id":452,"date":"2024-06-24T11:37:47","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T11:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pureleapfrog.staging2.atomateapps.com\/contact-us-copy\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T12:29:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T12:29:54","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pureleapfrog.staging2.atomateapps.com\/?page_id=452","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"452\" class=\"elementor elementor-452\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ce0d0a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4ce0d0a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4abb6b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e4abb6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 26-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Energising communities<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3df483 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a3df483\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 26-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>We work with communities to develop sustainability projects that have positive environmental and social impact.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-114e1cc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"114e1cc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-912916a e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"912916a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5eea638 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5eea638\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 26-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/pureleapfrog.staging2.atomateapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/LetZeroShowhome-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1674\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pureleapfrog.staging2.atomateapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/LetZeroShowhome-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pureleapfrog.staging2.atomateapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/LetZeroShowhome-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pureleapfrog.staging2.atomateapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/LetZeroShowhome-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pureleapfrog.staging2.atomateapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/LetZeroShowhome-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pureleapfrog.staging2.atomateapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/LetZeroShowhome.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-176d35b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"176d35b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For 20 years, Pure Leapfrog has pioneered community-centred sustainability solutions at the intersections of people, energy, carbon, buildings, finance and nature.<\/p>\n<p>Our strength lies in combining cross-sector expertise with deep community relationships. Our small team is agile enough to respond quickly to emerging opportunities while maintaining a personal approach that builds lasting partnerships.<\/p>\n<p>We develop business models, governance structures and financing solutions for community-owned organisations, often working with local government. We believe real change happens when communities have the tools and support to create their own sustainable future.&nbsp;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aaab7cc e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"aaab7cc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e484557 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e484557\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Our story<\/h2><p>Pure Leapfrog emerged from two organisations with complementary expertise: PURE &#8211; The Clean Planet Trust, which focused on innovative finance solutions for sustainability, and Carbon Leapfrog, which specialised in connecting community energy projects with professional support.<\/p><p>From the beginning, we&#8217;ve worked to bridge gaps between communities with great ideas and the capital needed to make them happen. Early milestones included supporting renewable energy projects across the UK and internationally, working on projects in India, Brazil and New Zealand. A key breakthrough came with creating the UK&#8217;s first dedicated Community Energy Fund in 2012, launched at the Cabinet Office with \u00a31.5m backing from Big Society Capital.<\/p><h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7fc860 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f7fc860\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"642\" data-src=\"https:\/\/pureleapfrog.staging2.atomateapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/about-us-1024x822.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-465 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/pureleapfrog.staging2.atomateapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/about-us-1024x822.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pureleapfrog.staging2.atomateapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/about-us-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pureleapfrog.staging2.atomateapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/about-us-768x616.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pureleapfrog.staging2.atomateapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/about-us.jpg 1240w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/642;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d073281 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d073281\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd1371b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dd1371b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"691\" data-src=\"https:\/\/pureleapfrog.staging2.atomateapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LewisBasementCropped.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1853 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/pureleapfrog.staging2.atomateapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LewisBasementCropped.jpg 900w, https:\/\/pureleapfrog.staging2.atomateapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LewisBasementCropped-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pureleapfrog.staging2.atomateapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LewisBasementCropped-768x590.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 900px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 900\/691;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2bf94c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d2bf94c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Growth and Evolution<\/h3><p>The formal merger in 2015 combined financial innovation with practical project delivery expertise. By 2017, we&#8217;d established PL Bridge Finance &#8211; a revolving loan facility lending bridge finance into community projects, where others wouldn&#8217;t. We were the only lender in this space that really understood community energy, so were well placed to take on the lending role. At its peak, PL Bridge Finance operated at \u00a320m facility, capitalised by Better Society Capital.\u00a0<\/p><p>We&#8217;ve expanded into new areas as the sector has developed &#8211; from community energy and carbon finance to Local Energy Accelerator Platforms and, more recently, building retrofit. Each evolution has built on our focus on innovation for sustainability, and going from big ideas to practical implementation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56e6a74 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"56e6a74\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f1e04c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f1e04c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Today<\/h3><p>We continue to work where others see boundaries &#8211; bridging sectors, and making complex ideas practical and deliverable. Whether it&#8217;s partnering to pioneer retrofit strategies in the notoriously challenging Private Rented Sector, or supporting community-owned organisations to create financial and business models that generate clean energy from a disused quarry site, our work is rooted in collaboration and innovation. You can read more about our current and recent work here.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-382489c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"382489c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"569\" data-src=\"https:\/\/pureleapfrog.staging2.atomateapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Landlord-Forum-Let-Zero-Stand_cropped.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1818 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/pureleapfrog.staging2.atomateapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Landlord-Forum-Let-Zero-Stand_cropped.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/pureleapfrog.staging2.atomateapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Landlord-Forum-Let-Zero-Stand_cropped-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pureleapfrog.staging2.atomateapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Landlord-Forum-Let-Zero-Stand_cropped-768x546.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/569;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30724df e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"30724df\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f4e7f1 elementor-cta--skin-cover elementor-widget__width-initial cta-bottom elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"6f4e7f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/pureleapfrog.staging2.atomateapps.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor-pro\/assets\/css\/widget-call-to-action.min.css\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg elementor-bg lazyload\" style=\"background-image:inherit;\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"cta-bg\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/pureleapfrog.staging2.atomateapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/cta-bg.jpeg)\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSupport our vital work creating more sustainable world\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__button-wrapper elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta__button elementor-button elementor-size-\" href=\"\/donate\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDonate\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-598f3b4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"598f3b4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-805e855 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"805e855\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/pureleapfrog.staging2.atomateapps.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor\/assets\/images\/placeholder.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1200px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1200\/800;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Energising communities We work with communities to develop sustainability projects that have positive environmental and social impact. For 20 years, Pure Leapfrog has pioneered community-centred sustainability solutions at the intersections of people, energy, carbon, buildings, finance and nature. Our strength lies in combining cross-sector expertise with deep community relationships. Our small team is agile enough [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-452","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pureleapfrog.staging2.atomateapps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pureleapfrog.staging2.atomateapps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pureleapfrog.staging2.atomateapps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pureleapfrog.staging2.atomateapps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pureleapfrog.staging2.atomateapps.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=452"}],"version-history":[{"count":113,"href":"https:\/\/pureleapfrog.staging2.atomateapps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1931,"href":"https:\/\/pureleapfrog.staging2.atomateapps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/452\/revisions\/1931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pureleapfrog.staging2.atomateapps.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}